Materials Lab

Overview of Services

This laboratory is part of the College of Engineering Common Labs Core. The goal of the Common Lab is to provide a high impact learning environment where theoretical knowledge gained in the classrooms is experienced in the laboratory. It is expected that a student completing an experiment or set of experiments will have a stronger understanding of the concepts taught in the theory courses and how these are represented in reality.

The Common Materials Laboratory will enable students to learn how processing affects material properties, how properties influence their designs, and how they can design materials to obtain novel, multifunctional performance for innovative applications in all engineering fields. The Common Materials Laboratory will support students during the undergraduate curriculum by taking them through the full range of experiences from discovering material behavior to making materials that meet requirements for new designs.

  

Leadership

David Staack - COE Director Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction

Shei Sia Su - ZACH CL Technical Lab Coordinator

 

 

 

Location and hours of operation

Hours	Location
8am-8pm (see equipment specific schedules)	Texas A&M University College of Engineering College Station TX 77843

https://zachry.tamu.edu/common-labs/

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Shei Sia Su	Technical Lab Manager	979.458.5564	sheisiasu@tamu.edu
Ramalakshmi Akella	Technician	979.862.1706	rakella@tamu.edu

Available Equipment and Resources

▼ ► ADMIN Only (3)

Name Price AERO 214 workstations   AERO 307/489 Workstation   M2-E

▼ ► Heat Treatment (2)

Name Price Box Furnace   Tube Furnace (up to 1500 deg C)

▼ ► Instructor & TA iLab reservation (1)

Name Price Instructor & TA iLab reservation

▼ ► Material Characterization (11)

Name Price Benchtop Phenom XL SEM with EDS   Corrosion Potentiostat with electrochemical cell, Interface 1010E   Density Measurement Kit   Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)   Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)   Electronic Workstations   Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer   Optical Tensiometer   Polarized Optical Microscopes   Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)   UV-Visible Spectrophotometer

▼ ► Mechanical Testing (11)

Name Price Actuator: Universal Test Machine, Test Resource 120 Frame   Axial Torsion Machine   Benchtop Universal Testing Machine (INSTRON)   Brinnel Hardness Tester   Creep Test Apparatus   Durometer View calendar Fatigue Test Apparatus Bench   Floor Standing Universal Testing Machine (INSTRON)   Research Use (Charged) Mon-Fri 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM External Academic $60.00 /hr External Federal $60.00 /hr Pendulum Impact Tester   Rockwell Hardness Testers   Vise + Torque Wrench

▼ ► Rolling Mill (1)

Name Price Rolling Mill

▼ ► Sample Preparation (6)

Name Price Abrasive Cutter, Buehler AbrasiMet 250   Carbon coater, Cressington 108C   Carver Benchtop Laboratory Manual Press   Hot Plate   Low Speed Cutter, IsoMet 1000   Semi-automoatic Grinder Polisher, EcoMet 30

▼ ► VR Simulation (2)

Name Price VR- Metal Tensile Test/ CNC machining   VR- Welding and Joining

▼ ► Wet lab (1)

Name Price Fume Hood